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6165-031 JUNE 2009
Technician Diploma in Construction
Environmental science and construction techniques 3 - principles

Thursday 11 June 2009 You should have the

09:30- 12:00 followingforthis examination
. one answer book
. drawing instruments

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General instructions
. This question paper is the property of the City and Guilds of London
- lnstitute and should be returned after the examination.
. All questions have equal marks.
. Answer all ten questions.

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A toilet measuring 2.0 m x 1.5 m is to be converted for use by
disabled users. tr'' ot .:
Describe ten measures that must be undertaken to make the room
fully accessible. $\ \o
(20 mar

ldentify two suitable floor finishes for each of the following areas. g\
a) Disabled WC.
b) office.
c) Hospitalward.
d) Schoolclassroom.
e) Workshop.
(20 marks)

a) Describe with the aid of sketches how allowance for thermal

expansion is made in
large areas of brickwork.
(10 marks)
b) ldentify five pieces of ppE an operative should use when working
in an open
drainage excavation.
(10 marks)

a) ldentify and describe any five functions of a foundation. .l

(10 marks)
b) ldentify and describe any five factors to be taken into consideration
when
designing trench excavations on site.
(10 marks) O
,B With the aid of annotated sketches identify any four methods
of providing fire
pyotection to structural steel.
(20 marks)

With the aid of annotated sketches describe the following

components and state
where and how each is used.
a) Pre cast plank.
b) Hollow beam.
c) Beam and block.
d) Trough unit.
(20 marks)
a) i) tdentify and describe the three components of dayright.
ii) Describe two methods by which dayright be qri'ntiii.o. (6 marks)

b) An office is to be illuminated by luminaires t-hat can

each plouiou 6820 lumens of
(4 marks)

rumtnous flux
. The floor is rectangular, dimensions 15.0 m x 10.0 m.
' The required illuminance on the working prane is 500 rux.
' The Utilisation Factor for the luminairesls 0.82 and the Light Loss Factor for
the room is 0.90.
i) Determine the number of fittings needed to provide the required illuminance
ii) Recommend a suitable arrangement for the iuminaries and calculate (6 marks)

the spacing.
(4 marks)
Ba) Describe the difference between airborne and impact (structure-borne)
sound. (4 marks)
b) Describe any two methods that may be used to
contror airnoine sound. (6 marks)
c) A church hall has a vorurne of 1g00 m3 and an actuar
reverberation time of
1.9 seconds at medium frequencies. The
optimum reverberation time for the
hall is 1.3 seconds in the same frequency range.
i) use sabine's formura to determine the aituar totar absorption
of the hail.
ii) Use sabine's formula to determine the required
optimum absorption in
(3 marks)

the hall.
iii) Determine the number of extra absorption units that
must be providdd to
(3 marks)

reduce the reverberation time of the hail to 1.3 seconds-

iv) Determine the area of sound absorbent materiar required
to deriver the
(2 marks)

t191eased absorption if the net absorption coefficient

of that material is
0.55 in the medium frequency range.
(2 marks)

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 a) Iclentify and descr"ibe four sources oi casual heat gains wiihin
a building.
b) Condensation occurs when the water vapour generated within a
builciile
(B marks)

encounlers either air or surfaces at a temperature belour the dew_f6int -

ldentify any four sources of watervapour within a building.
(4 marks)
c) Determine the quantity of heat required to convert 3.2 kg of water
at 25.C to
steam at 100"C.
. Specific heat capacity of water = 4.197 kJ/kg"C.
. Latentl.ieatof vapourisation of water =2260kJlkg.
(B marks)

rt a) Describe, with the aid of a diagram, how a manometer can be used to measure
$as Pre$5Ll1g. (6 marks)
b) i) Determine lhe pressure acting on a body submerged at a depth of 18.0 m
in water of density 1000 kg/m3.
(4 marks)
ii) Determine the 'depth of cenlre of pressure' at which the resultant
force can
be considered as acting.
(3 marks)
c) Adrainof internaldiamelerizo.ornmistobelaicltoafallof t ing0(0.0125)and
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{l has a Chezy coefficient of 55. Assuming thal the flow in the
drain ir irf f Uoiu;-
determine the anticipated velocity of flow of water in the drain.
(7 marks)

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